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DNA
mRNA
tRNA
Amino Acids
100
Erwin Chargaff
What biologists came up with the base pairing rule.
100
Double helix.
What is The shape of DNA?
100
Codons.
What are mRNA code words called?
100
Proteins that are made up of building blocks
What are amino acids?
200
A British medical officer that studied bacterium called streptococcus pneumoniae that causes lung disease called pneumonia in animals.
Who was James Griffith?
200
The DNA
What is the "master blueprint" in the living cell?
200
Uracil.
What is the base that replaces Thymine in mRNA?
200
Carries amino acids.
What is the function of tRNA?
200
20 amino acids.
How many total amino acids make up all the proteins?
300
An American researcher that tested if the transforming agent in Griffith's experiment was protein, RNA or DNA
Who is Oswald Avery?
300
How DNA makes proteins.
What is the "central dogma" of modern biology?
300
UAA,UAG and UGA.
What are the stop codons?
300
Paris with a mRNA specifying a certain amino acid.
What is an anti-codon Loop?
300
Polypeptides.
What is a long chain of strong amino acids called?
400
Watson and Crick
Who where are the people who determine the structure of DNA?
400
Two organelles that contain their own DNA.
What are chloroplasts and mitochondria
400
DNA making the mRNA strand.
What is transcription?
400
75-95
How many nucleotides does and RNA molecule contain?
400
The shape of a protein/function.
What does the sequence of amino acids determine?
500
Her x-ray diffraction photo of DNA help to reveal the characteristic shape of a double helix.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
500
When the DNA divides; an exact copy of DNA.
What is replication
500
Molecules and cells that carries code from the DNA in the nucleus to the sites of proteins synthesis in the cytoplasm (the ribosomes).
What is mRNA?
500
Specific sites in the ribosome during translation.
Where does the tRNA function?
500
3 bases =
What is the total amount of bases or codes that are needed for one amino acid?